Course material will be presented through lecture, assigned readings, and class handouts relative to certain topics. The class will be further augmented through audio and video presentations and guest lectures/field trips. In addition, each student will make a presentation of a selected topic.

Goals and Objectives of the Course

1. To correlate neuroanatomical and neurophysiological components with speech and language.
2. To differentiate apraxia of speech and the dysarthrias.
3. To assess the speech mechanism and to relate the findings to the processes of speech (respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, and prosody)
4. To select appropriate treatment procedures as dictated by neuroanatomical and neurophysiological symptomatology.